{"id":80696,"date":"2024-07-06T01:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=01df1e9487025b6bc50f50fa7a74b57c"},"modified":"2024-07-06T02:00:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T16:00:52","slug":"most-mysterious-plane-disappearance-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=80696","title":{"rendered":"Most Mysterious Plane Disappearance on Record&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgi5PxtiGMyqkKsbbouyZxIjXvCb2_ZY-Jiq2giy1tcUJtbFk9bZ8WNfOUHFtWVCHK4OS5RxCUISAtP_eLrBDdXE54Pm7cxPUseCAIeYWXcKSs3fsKDvjGMRVjT4kJJtTjIuVyYTPmu71LvLiulQoh4v9w2lRgeqbtFZCTJRAX2K03DvR2pJKkmJQhbWrci\/s687\/UFO-Plane.png\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"386\" data-original-width=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgi5PxtiGMyqkKsbbouyZxIjXvCb2_ZY-Jiq2giy1tcUJtbFk9bZ8WNfOUHFtWVCHK4OS5RxCUISAtP_eLrBDdXE54Pm7cxPUseCAIeYWXcKSs3fsKDvjGMRVjT4kJJtTjIuVyYTPmu71LvLiulQoh4v9w2lRgeqbtFZCTJRAX2K03DvR2pJKkmJQhbWrci\/s500\/UFO-Plane.png\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center><big><b><font color=\"bright orange\">Most Mysterious Plane<br \/> Disappearance on Record&#8230;<\/b><\/font><\/big><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nOn October 21, 1978, during a training flight over Bass Strait, an young pilot mysteriously vanished. Shortly before radio contact was lost, Valentich reported seeing an unidentified aircraft with unusual flight characteristics and a green light. Despite extensive searches, no trace of Valentich or his Cessna 182L aircraft was ever found, leading to widespread speculation about UFO involvement. 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